Every year, much of the arid western United States goes up in smoke. Houses, property, and lives are lost in this deadly force of nature. Some 83 million people live in the ten states that receive the most wildfire activity, and millions of dollars are spent fighting fire annually, especially as urban sprawl increases the scope and complexity of the wildland/urban interface. 2012 is projected to be no exception. Northern California has received only twenty percent of average snowpack, meaning a drier summer than normal.

So what can you do to help protect yourself, your family, and your home as a result of a wildfire? FireWhat, a tech start-up in Dunsmuir, CA developed a revolutionary mapping and weather platform for wildfires around the country. Using a NASA satellite, WeatherUnderground Inc. local weather data, tracking information from Air Attack on-scene at wildfires, and Google Maps satellite imagery, firewhat.com provides current wildland fire perimeter data on a map showing roads, terrain, area weather, everything you need to know about a fire in your neighborhood.

The service is now available as an app. The premium model, designed specifically for firefighters, is out now on the iTunes App store. FireWhat is extending its product offering to homeowner-designed versions. On April 1, in time for fire season, a free version of this App will be available, with guides and tools built in with the homeowner in mind. An Android-compatible version of both the free and premium app will be available April 1 as well.

About FireWhat Inc.

FireWhat Inc. is a start-up company founded by an MIT grad and two professional firefighters. FireWhat’s mission is to provide a professional platform that inspires the highest quality of emergency service training and education. Through development of web and mobile products, FireWhat Inc. seeks to update the antiquated delivery of emergency services training and to incorporate innovation into a technology-deprived industry.

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As the name indicates, data recovery is referred to the process of restoring the files from the hard disk. Quite often, the computer users face the situation in which they found themselves unable to open the files or any documents because they have been deleted from the system and there are no means which can help them to detect the location of files in the system. You can use the boot error CD in the case of failure of a hard disk but then you will not be able to restore the data already saved in the system earlier and all the function will be set to the default values again. The common causes of the loss of data from the system are the sudden attacks of virus, human errors, power failure and ill working of the hard disk.

There is a huge number of   data recovery software   available in the market nowadays. Some are there for resolving the problems of the clients while the others are there just to earn the profits. Hence you have to be careful while selecting the appropriate one for you. Keep one thing in mind that good recovery software can do wonders for maintaining the lost files while the fake software cannot do anything good for the system and it won’t offer any value to the money that you wasted in purchasing the data recovery software. Therefore, it is preferred tat you should always read the reviews that the software has got from the users. It is pretty obvious that the good and positive reviews will reflect the positive and high performance of the software while the negative reviews will reflect the down side of the software. So, you should be careful that all the software are not manufactured to deliver the same top quality performance, some are there to make money for the manufacturers They don’t have anything to do with the problems and the emotions of the users.

The existence of the errors will lead to the inaccessibility of the files. The occurrence of the errors will not allow the files to be opened. The recovery of data is very important especially if you are working with the big corporate. In these sectors, the large volume of data is transferred using the internet as the common mode of communication. The errors or the failure of the hard disk will not provide you the access to work on the computer and above all it is preferred that you should turn off the system as soon as you come to know about the loss of data from the system. This will not only prevent the PC from being damaged but it will also prevent the overwriting of files and keep the hopes of restoring the data back to the system alive. Even though the large companies are well equipped with the latest technology and the modern equipment, but even then they can suffer from the problems of data loss.

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Morotobi?s Adventure is the iTunes App Store?s newest heartwarming storybook sensation. The sweet and silly app tells the engaging tale of a small boy who gets more than he bargained for when he goes looking for adventure.

Delightful art direction and programming polish make this new App Store contender a treat for both the young and the young at heart. The universal tale of the overly curious little boy who stumbles into something out of this world is given fresh new life with impressively creative illustrations and a vibrant color palette. Everything that makes storybooks magical is packaged with inspired animation and touchscreen interactivity, using technology to bring readers closer than ever to the action.

Already ramping up record downloads, Morotobi?s Adventure has been hailed as an entertaining and educational way to encourage a love of reading in little ones. Adults reading and playing along will be no less enamored with the little hero?s antics, as Tinrobot Corporation has done a fantastic job of finessing the story?s gentle humor with subtle sophistication. Grown-ups and children alike will enjoy exploring the story?s environment with taps, shakes, and slides to find every easter egg hidden in the app.

Morotobi?s Adventure is available in both English and Korean, and recommended for use with iPads running iOS 3.2 and later, and can be downloaded in the iTunes App Store now, for no charge.

Features

Beautiful, polished art direction with unique illustrations in a bright palette children and adults will love.
Creative, engaging storyline
Enhanced with authentic sound effects!
This storybook is fully animated, with 30 fps animations providing a smooth, professional presentation
More than 40 stunning screen pages with oodles of fun, silly, and spooky interactive zones for you to find and share
Korean and English language available
Visual index makes it easy for everyone to find their favorite page quickly!

iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morotobis-adventure-for-iphone/id472935864?mt=8

iPad iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morotobis-adventure-hd/id449814252?mt=8

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Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. today announced a fast and simple method for the measurement of heavy metals in aerosols on air filters. The new method is detailed in Application Note #1061 and demonstrates the effectiveness of the Rigaku NEX CG energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometer for the analysis of atmospheric particulates. Monitoring such emissions is essential in industrial manufacturing, coal-fired power plants, chemical and plastics production and other areas in order to quantify air pollution and maintain compliance with US EPA and other world and regional governing regulations concerning the airborne release of toxic metals.

Element analysis of aerosols and particulate matter released by smokestacks, and other industrial gas discharge, is critical to ensure that toxic and hazardous elements are not released into the air improperly nor exceed environmentally acceptable levels. The Rigaku the NEX CG EDXRF analyzer, with polarized and secondary target excitation, is shown to be a powerful tool to help ensure compliance while enabling both analysts and technicians to easily conduct the required analytical protocols.

The method shown utilizes a combination of secondary target excitation, with a high resolution silicon drift detector (SDD), to deliver optimal EDXRF sensitivity and selectivity for the measurement of metals in aerosols on air filters, including chromium (Cr), gallium (Ga), arsenic (As), selenium (Se), silver (Ag), cadmium (Cd), barium (Ba) and lead (Pb). The NEX CG analyzer is capable of analysis of elements from Na ? U, making the XRF technique ideal for other elements on air filters, as well.

A copy of this report may be requested at:

http://www.rigakuedxrf.com/edxrf/app-notes.html?id=1061_AppNote


About Rigaku

Since its inception in Japan in 1951, Rigaku has been at the forefront of analytical and industrial instrumentation technology. Rigaku and its subsidiaries form a global group focused on life sciences and general purpose analytical instrumentation. With hundreds of major innovations to its credit, Rigaku and its subsidiary companies are world leaders in the fields of small molecule and protein crystallography, X-ray spectrometry and diffraction, X-ray optics, as well as semiconductor metrology. Rigaku employs over 1,100 people globally and its products are in use in more than 70 countries ? supporting research, development, production control and quality assurance activities. Throughout the world, Rigaku continuously promotes partnerships, dialog, and innovation within the global scientific and industrial community.

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When the fitness retreat FitFarms first opened their doors to the public in 2006 they had one venue down in Devon. The company expanded and opened in the Peak District in 2009 and are now looking at a brand new location in the Cotswolds.

This area lends it hand well to a weight loss and fitness retreat with rolling hills and beautiful countryside.

The venue will be just over an hour from London which is a great catchment area for Londoners and overseas visitors flying into the capital. There will be a FitFarms coach collecting guest from London Victoria and taking them to the holistic boot camp in the countryside.

The FitFarms winning weight loss and fitness formula stays the same if guest join them at the Manor House in Somerset, the boutique cottages in the Peak District or their new stunning weight loss retreat in the Cotswolds.

The health team headed by programme director Gillie Sutherland concentrates on three area being nutrition, exercise and behaviour therapy.

Heading up the nutrition squad is Julia FitzGerald who use to work for The Daily Telegraph until she transferred over to FitFarms. The nutrition programme is based on balancing blood sugar levels and not cutting calories as this just creates sgort term weight loss.

The exercise programme has been designed by Zuzana Kubisova from Slovakia. Zuzana is best known for her kettlebell classes, belly dancing and hula hoop skills. She gels the exercise team together giving structure and discipline to the programme.

The behaviour therapy sessions are run by Gillie and Liz who are both well known in the field throughout England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland for their mind therapy sessions.

The weight loss boot camp and fitness retreat programmes are designed to create permanent change and is followed up by free membership to a lifetime support page. Guest get a usename and password to access the page and once in they have a whole host of weight loss and fitness tools to guide them through the journey to a happier and healthier lifestyle. The UK weight loss boot camp also have videos on the support page from cooking demonstrations to motivational talks and exercise programmes to help guest.

The FitFarms team and past clients are all looking forward to the opening of the new fitness retreat and booking will be taken from April 2012.

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The social media agency, SocialMediadd, recently released a set of video marketing services to increase YouTube views and YouTube subscribers. The big 3 in social media are Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. YouTube is the most underutilized of the primary social media channels, which makes it the easiest to produce a significant impact for a business.

Few realize that YouTube is the number two search engine in the world. Most companies spend a significant portion of their internet marketing budget on coming up in the search engine rankings for Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Google search is the most competitive area of internet marketing, with millions of web pages competing for a first page ranking for most keyword searches. The term “social media marketing” has over 57 million results on Google. In contrast, the same term has 56 thousand results on YouTube. This makes it exponentially easier to obtain a first page ranking on YouTube than it is on Google.

YouTube marketing services, like SocialMediadd, that focus on increasing YouTube views plays a vital role in where a video ranks in YouTube search. It is the number one factor in their search algorithm. A nice two minute video covering a company’s service can be optimized to come up on the first page of search results with the keywords in the the title along with views increasing by five to ten thousand a month. At a fraction of the cost compared to Google SEO, companies can get first page listings on high converting searches related to their business services.

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A new infographic from CreditDonkey.com poses the question “Could You Be a Teleworker?” and reveals telecommuting trends.

Infographic: http://www.creditdonkey.com/telecommuting.html

Experts once predicted that telecommuting would be the norm by the early 21st century, but employer mistrust of unmonitored workers is delaying the dreams of American employees, 80% of whom would like to work from home, according to recent survey data from WorldatWork. Though the number of workers who call home their primary workplace jumped by over 60 percent from 2005-2009, says Telework Research Network, this translates to only 2.8 million employees.

However, that figure does not include home-based businesses, which accounted for another 3.1 million workers in 2008, or employees who worked from home at least one day a week, which accounts for another 20-30 million workers.

?Part-time teleworkers include millions of mobile workers (?road warriors?) who charge a lot of business expenses to their credit cards,? said Charles Tran, founder of CreditDonkey.com, a consumer credit card comparison and education site that today published an infographic tracking telecommuting trends. ?What?s more, 10.3 percent of small business owners use credit cards to help finance their start-ups.?

Tran noted that the typical teleworker is a college-educated 35- to 54-year-old, non-union employee working in telecommuting-compatible professions such as accounting, graphic design, engineering, computer programming, journalism/copywriting, administrative support or customer service. At least 40% of the U.S. workforce (52 million people) holds telework-compatible jobs.

According to research compiled from the U.S. Census Bureau and Telework Research Network, among the potential benefits of telework:

Nearly 6 million people considered their home their principal place of work. Of which, 53% were home-based business.
Half-time telecommuting (2.4 days per week) would reduce current U.S. imports of Gulf oil by 45 percent annually, saving $ 22 billion.
If all Americans with telework-compatible jobs worked from home half-time, it could prevent 95,000 traffic-related injuries and deaths each year.
Companies would save $ 525 to $ 665 billion per year, thanks to reduced real estate, turnover and absenteeism costs, as well as increased employee productivity.
More than 66 percent of companies that permit telecommuting have reported increased productivity among teleworkers.

?Despite the bottom-line benefits, it?s mostly the larger companies (those with 100+ employees) that are hopping on the telework bandwagon,? says Tran. ?In the long term, it?s inevitable that many more jobs will be done at home, but in the near term, the spirit is willing, but employer trust is weak.?

Visit CreditDonkey.com to view the full infographic on Is Telecommuting for You?.

CreditDonkey.com publishes credit card reviews, deals and tips to help Americans make informed credit decisions. They can search, compare and apply online, finding the best credit cards for their individual needs.

Media Contact:

Charles Tran

charles(at)creditdonkey(dot)com

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One of the early symptoms of multiple sclerosis is vision loss; it is usually only temporary and only seems to occur in one eye. Over 80 % of all MS patients report that they have vision problems that may come and go over time. In rare instances these can lead to permanent blindness, but the percentages of this happening are extremely low.

The more common complaints from people with multiple sclerosis are the loss of vision quality. These losses of vision quality can be the result of several different things happening in the body all of which can come and go without warning causing little or no permanent damage in most patients.

Perhaps the most common cause of vision loss in multiple sclerosis patients is Optic Neuritis. This is an inflammation of the optic nerve that occurs when MS attacks the optic nerves. It usually results in graying of your vision, blurred vision, seeing spots or possibly loss of vision in one eye.

On rare occasions it can cause temporary loss of vision in both eyes.

It is usually accompanied by pain around the eyes and possibly a burning sensation. In most cases it will reverse course by itself in a period of time with most of the vision issues resolving themselves within 5 weeks or so. Treatment for this type of vision loss in the multiple sclerosis patients is usually done using corticosteroids administered by injection for the first few days and then orally for up to 4 weeks.

A nystagmus has been found to cause quality loss in the vision of multiple sclerosis patients. The sudden onset of this involuntary jerking motion of the eyes is considered to be an early indicator of the onset of MS in many patients. It can be very mild and have no effect on the person’s vision or it can be severe enough to require the use of medications and special glasses or prisms to correct their vision well enough to function.

If you suspect that you are suffering from either of these eye problems or are experiencing any change in your vision whatsoever see your doctor or optometrist as soon as possible to avoid the possibility of lasting eye damage.

ElliptiGO, Inc. , creators of the world?s first elliptical bike, today announced their sponsorship of Team Run Eugene (TRE), a newly-established, non-profit organization formed to help develop middle and long-distance runners for national and international competition. With the donation of two ElliptiGOs for the TRE runners to cross-train on, ElliptiGO Inc. hopes to contribute to the success of the next generation of elite runners.

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Q-Cells, one of the world?s largest Solar manufacturing companies was selected by Pacific Gas & Electric in an EPC contract to build the 20MW Cantua and 10MW Giffen solar fields in Fresno County, California.

In a joint effort with Q-Cells, Tri-Technic a 30 year old General/Electrical construction company was awarded the electrical installation of the solar equipment including Satcon inverters and AMtec Solar’s solar combiner boxes. Over 250,000 solar panels were deployed.

The project encompasses hundreds of acres and includes over 300 miles of copper cabling, and tens of thousands of racks. AMtec Solar provided the combiner box solutions for both large and commercially significant solar projects.

Chris Payne, CEO of Tri-Technic stated ?both PG&E and Q-Cells have expressed their pleasure with the progress, professionalism, quality and safety of the project undertaken by Tri-Technic. We continue to complete this project on schedule and on budget, while committing to always exceeding our customers? expectations.? Payne went on to state, “Tri-Technic has been particularly pleased with the quality of product and service provided by AMtec Solar, the combiner box supplier for these projects.”

Tri-Technic is a leading constructor of high voltage utility facilities throughout the United States.

AMtec Solar is a leading manufacturer of solar combiner boxes and solar re-combiner boxes producing all products in Hayward, California.

Tri-Technic website: http://www.tri-technic.com

AMtec Solar website: http://www.AMtecSolar.com

Mr. Payne may be reached by email at chris(at)tri-technic(dot)com

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